Meaning not yet researched.
Emmett: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,950 in 2025. Its best rank was #103 in 2021.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #103 in 2021; #121 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Emmett in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#121 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2021, at #103.
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Emmett: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,950 boys in 2025. Peak: #103 in 2021 · most boys in one year: 3,663 (2021).
In 2025, 2,950 US boys were named Emmett, making it the 121st most common boys’ name of the year, down 2 places from #119 in 2024. That is 60 fewer than the 3,010 boys named Emmett in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #103, reached in 2021. That year also had the most boys given the name: 3,663. For comparison, it was #139 in 2015 and #381 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Emmett in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 74 babies with the name. In all, 78,872 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 26,275 babies named Emmett.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 32,634 US boys were named Emmett; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 3,663. In 2025 that was about 1 in 579 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Emmett ranked highest in Minnesota in 2025, at #26 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 24 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Emmet (6,966 babies since 1880), Emmitt (14,249 babies since 1880) and Emmit (4,260 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Emmette, Emitt and Emet are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Emmette (819), Emitt (637), Emet (379), Emett (351), Emmitte (67), Emeth (29), Emmytt (24), Emytt (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Emmett in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 131 | #26 | #56 |
| Alaska | 17 | #34 | #66 |
| Nebraska | 45 | #37 | #70 |
| Wisconsin | 99 | #47 | #69 |
| Maine | 20 | #49 | #112 |
| Idaho | 35 | #54 | #51 |
| Iowa | 56 | #56 | #52 |
| Michigan | 142 | #57 | #73 |
| Montana | 17 | #63 | #28 |
| Vermont | 7 | #67 | #57 |
| New Hampshire | 22 | #68 | #88 |
| South Dakota | 16 | #73 | #41 |
| Oregon | 47 | #77 | #68 |
| Missouri | 79 | #78 | #96 |
| North Dakota | 14 | #78 | #75 |
| Kansas | 40 | #85 | #106 |
| Pennsylvania | 140 | #89 | #125 |
| Ohio | 135 | #89 | #107 |
| Indiana | 79 | #95 | #104 |
| West Virginia | 20 | #96 | #188 |
| Tennessee | 91 | #96 | #105 |
| Illinois | 118 | #97 | #76 |
| Washington | 79 | #99 | #89 |
| Colorado | 67 | #100 | #119 |
| Connecticut | 36 | #102 | #123 |
| Utah | 49 | #107 | #58 |
| Hawaii | 9 | #111 | #205 |
| South Carolina | 45 | #116 | #199 |
| Kentucky | 48 | #118 | #119 |
| Alabama | 45 | #118 | #191 |
| Massachusetts | 57 | #123 | #130 |
| Rhode Island | 9 | #131 | #145 |
| New York | 145 | #131 | #209 |
| Virginia | 65 | #137 | #165 |
| North Carolina | 89 | #143 | #159 |
| Arizona | 61 | #145 | #154 |
| Delaware | 7 | #148 | — |
| Maryland | 37 | #161 | #151 |
| New Mexico | 12 | #166 | #207 |
| Arkansas | 22 | #169 | #165 |
| Nevada | 18 | #170 | #227 |
| Oklahoma | 28 | #176 | #160 |
| California | 217 | #182 | #206 |
| Louisiana | 28 | #183 | #140 |
| Georgia | 62 | #196 | #232 |
| Florida | 107 | #204 | #244 |
| New Jersey | 47 | #204 | #227 |
| Texas | 170 | #234 | #333 |
| Mississippi | 12 | #267 | #437 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,457 | 2,950 | #121 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,728 | 3,010 | #119 |
| 2023 | 26 | #5,036 | 3,076 | #117 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,517 | 3,324 | #116 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,484 | 3,663 | #103 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,929 | 3,406 | #107 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,670 | 3,555 | #107 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,896 | 3,435 | #114 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,443 | 3,169 | #124 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,361 | 3,046 | #136 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,608 | 3,043 | #139 |
| 2014 | 12 | #9,149 | 2,639 | #156 |
| 2013 | 6 | #15,208 | 2,360 | #173 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,664 | 2,027 | #186 |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,599 | 1,609 | #220 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,278 | #271 |
| 2009 | — | — | 955 | #334 |
| 2008 | — | — | 479 | #548 |
| 2007 | — | — | 448 | #575 |
| 2006 | — | — | 439 | #570 |
| 2005 | — | — | 380 | #594 |
| 2004 | — | — | 341 | #622 |
| 2003 | — | — | 287 | #678 |
| 2002 | — | — | 255 | #701 |
| 2001 | — | — | 255 | #701 |
| 2000 | — | — | 231 | #740 |
| 1999 | — | — | 188 | #810 |
| 1998 | — | — | 172 | #848 |
| 1997 | — | — | 198 | #752 |
| 1996 | — | — | 161 | #863 |
| 1995 | — | — | 173 | #814 |
| 1994 | — | — | 165 | #828 |
| 1993 | — | — | 166 | #821 |
| 1992 | — | — | 169 | #804 |
| 1991 | — | — | 131 | #924 |
| 1990 | — | — | 117 | #966 |
| 1989 | — | — | 131 | #882 |
| 1988 | — | — | 110 | #910 |
| 1987 | — | — | 102 | #936 |
| 1986 | — | — | 102 | #907 |
| 1985 | — | — | 84 | #996 |
| 1984 | — | — | 101 | #877 |
| 1983 | — | — | 121 | #796 |
| 1982 | — | — | 111 | #842 |
| 1981 | — | — | 103 | #876 |
| 1980 | — | — | 107 | #857 |
| 1979 | — | — | 114 | #818 |
| 1978 | — | — | 112 | #805 |
| 1977 | — | — | 122 | #771 |
| 1976 | — | — | 132 | #729 |
| 1975 | — | — | 123 | #752 |
| 1974 | — | — | 127 | #727 |
| 1973 | — | — | 132 | #699 |
| 1972 | — | — | 148 | #661 |
| 1971 | — | — | 151 | #674 |
| 1970 | — | — | 173 | #618 |
| 1969 | — | — | 189 | #570 |
| 1968 | — | — | 189 | #548 |
| 1967 | — | — | 190 | #542 |
| 1966 | — | — | 182 | #564 |
| 1965 | — | — | 194 | #549 |
| 1964 | — | — | 203 | #553 |
| 1963 | — | — | 198 | #561 |
| 1962 | — | — | 236 | #515 |
| 1961 | — | — | 239 | #515 |
| 1960 | — | — | 212 | #544 |
| 1959 | — | — | 288 | #470 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,370 | 262 | #484 |
| 1957 | — | — | 300 | #444 |
| 1956 | — | — | 316 | #425 |
| 1955 | — | — | 298 | #424 |
| 1954 | — | — | 283 | #426 |
| 1953 | — | — | 287 | #417 |
| 1952 | — | — | 320 | #384 |
| 1951 | — | — | 324 | #377 |
| 1950 | — | — | 310 | #381 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,479 | 285 | #398 |
| 1948 | — | — | 363 | #353 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,915 | 419 | #335 |
| 1946 | — | — | 359 | #341 |
| 1945 | — | — | 303 | #346 |
| 1944 | — | — | 359 | #318 |
| 1943 | — | — | 332 | #335 |
| 1942 | — | — | 347 | #324 |
| 1941 | — | — | 327 | #325 |
| 1940 | — | — | 338 | #303 |
| 1939 | — | — | 349 | #298 |
| 1938 | — | — | 322 | #304 |
| 1937 | — | — | 320 | #301 |
| 1936 | — | — | 314 | #301 |
| 1935 | — | — | 358 | #286 |
| 1934 | — | — | 341 | #291 |
| 1933 | — | — | 360 | #278 |
| 1932 | — | — | 356 | #288 |
| 1931 | — | — | 400 | #276 |
| 1930 | — | — | 439 | #267 |
| 1929 | — | — | 425 | #270 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,941 | 456 | #266 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,987 | 486 | #260 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,469 | 539 | #241 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,787 | 579 | #228 |
| 1924 | — | — | 584 | #232 |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,094 | 564 | #236 |
| 1922 | — | — | 578 | #231 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,149 | 608 | #218 |
| 1920 | — | — | 614 | #209 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,433 | 629 | #200 |
| 1918 | — | — | 591 | #211 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,811 | 542 | #207 |
| 1916 | — | — | 500 | #216 |
| 1915 | — | — | 592 | #187 |
| 1914 | — | — | 406 | #204 |
| 1913 | — | — | 340 | #198 |
| 1912 | — | — | 290 | #199 |
| 1911 | — | — | 141 | #208 |
| 1910 | — | — | 159 | #179 |
| 1909 | — | — | 147 | #168 |
| 1908 | — | — | 126 | #176 |
| 1907 | — | — | 148 | #153 |
| 1906 | — | — | 94 | #193 |
| 1905 | — | — | 128 | #157 |
| 1904 | — | — | 120 | #158 |
| 1903 | — | — | 97 | #170 |
| 1902 | — | — | 98 | #174 |
| 1901 | — | — | 110 | #147 |
| 1900 | — | — | 119 | #175 |
| 1899 | — | — | 97 | #156 |
| 1898 | — | — | 131 | #137 |
| 1897 | — | — | 118 | #137 |
| 1896 | — | — | 113 | #145 |
| 1895 | — | — | 138 | #121 |
| 1894 | — | — | 126 | #127 |
| 1893 | — | — | 103 | #147 |
| 1892 | — | — | 117 | #137 |
| 1891 | — | — | 89 | #148 |
| 1890 | — | — | 104 | #136 |
| 1889 | — | — | 108 | #132 |
| 1888 | — | — | 100 | #152 |
| 1887 | — | — | 90 | #141 |
| 1886 | — | — | 94 | #150 |
| 1885 | — | — | 101 | #134 |
| 1884 | — | — | 83 | #168 |
| 1883 | — | — | 87 | #150 |
| 1882 | — | — | 99 | #141 |
| 1881 | — | — | 65 | #179 |
| 1880 | — | — | 74 | #176 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).